MCC 172 logger error: a needed resource was not available

[Jordan]

I am trying to run the logger example from the daqhats library on my MCC 172 daq hat. I followed the installation instructions but when I try to run the logger, the GUI launches and says Error: A needed resource was not available. When I click OK the GUI terminates. I can't figure out what "needed resource" the error is referring to. I tried un-installing and re-installing the daqhats library but nothing changed. Do you have any suggestions for what the issue might be?

[Jeffrey]

Hello @Jordan

There is a readme.md file in the folder for the mcc 172 /data_logger with instructions for installing the required dependencies.

Viewed on Github:  https://github.com/mccdaq/daqhats/blob/master/examples/c/mcc172/data_logger/README.md

 

Install required packages:

     sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev at-spi2-core autoconf libtool

Install GTKDatabox:

     cd ~

     git clone https://github.com/erikd/gtkdatabox.git

     cd gtkdatabox

     ./autogen.sh

     ./configure

     sudo make install

Run ldconfig after installing the dependencies.

     sudo ldconfig

Running the example

To run the example, enter the following commands:

     cd ~/daqhats/examples/c/mcc172/data_logger/logger

     make

     ./logger

 

Regards,

Jeffrey

[Jordan]

18 hours ago, Jeffrey said:

Hello @Jordan

There is a readme.md file in the folder for the mcc 172 /data_logger with instructions for installing the required dependencies.

Viewed on Github:  https://github.com/mccdaq/daqhats/blob/master/examples/c/mcc172/data_logger/README.md

 

Install required packages:

     sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev at-spi2-core autoconf libtool

Install GTKDatabox:

     cd ~

     git clone https://github.com/erikd/gtkdatabox.git

     cd gtkdatabox

     ./autogen.sh

     ./configure

     sudo make install

Run ldconfig after installing the dependencies.

     sudo ldconfig

Running the example

To run the example, enter the following commands:

     cd ~/daqhats/examples/c/mcc172/data_logger/logger

     make

     ./logger

 

Regards,

Jeffrey

 

Thanks Jeffrey. These are the instructions I used for my initial installation, and I just did a new installation in case I'd missed a step or something. Unfortunately, I'm still getting the same error message.

When I ran the last command of the GTKDatabox installation (sudo make install), I got a bunch of warnings about a deprecated pre-processor symbol. I'm not very familiar with the C/C++ language, but I'm wondering if there could be an issue with the versions of everything I'm using being compatible. I haven't found any sort of list about version compatibility-- if that's a reasonable guess, is there a list somewhere that you know of? Or, do you have any other idea what my problem could be? Thanks.

Edited October 13, 2022 by Jordan

[Jordan]

I'm not sure what was causing this error, but I did a complete reinstall of my OS and the daqhat software and everything is working fine now!

[Jeffrey]

Hi @Jordan

Glad to hear that!!!  I was in the process of installing the latest 32 bit Raspberry Pi OS and run through the procedure of installing DAQHats software and that data_logger app to see if something changed.  But you got it working.  Good for you!